[PATCH] cxl: use correct operator when writing pcie config space values

Michael Neuling mikey at neuling.org
Fri Nov 6 10:17:02 AEDT 2015


On Fri, 2015-11-06 at 10:05 +1100, Daniel Axtens wrote:
> Andrew Donnellan <andrew.donnellan at au1.ibm.com> writes:
> 
> > When writing a value to config space, cxl_pcie_write_config() calls
> > cxl_pcie_config_info() to obtain a mask and shift value, shifts the
> > new
> > value accordingly, then uses the mask to combine the shifted value
> > with the
> > existing value at the address as part of a read-modify-write
> > pattern.
> > 
> > Currently, we use a logical OR operator rather than a bitwise OR
> > operator,
> > which means any use of this function results in an incorrect value
> > being
> > written. Replace the logical OR operator with a bitwise OR operator
> > so the
> > value is written correctly.
> > 
> > Reported-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>
> > Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
> 
> Given that there are no current users of this function, does this
> need
> to go to stable? Does it actually fix a real (as opposed to
> theoretical)
> bug?

Agreed.  Not really needed in stable.

Mikey

> 
> Regards,
> Daniel
> 
> > Fixes: 6f7f0b3df6d4 ("cxl: Add AFU virtual PHB and kernel API")
> > Signed-off-by: Andrew Donnellan <andrew.donnellan at au1.ibm.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/misc/cxl/vphb.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/misc/cxl/vphb.c b/drivers/misc/cxl/vphb.c
> > index 94b5208..9be09bb 100644
> > --- a/drivers/misc/cxl/vphb.c
> > +++ b/drivers/misc/cxl/vphb.c
> > @@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ static int cxl_pcie_write_config(struct pci_bus
> > *bus, unsigned int devfn,
> >  	mask <<= shift;
> >  	val <<= shift;
> >  
> > -	v = (in_le32(ioaddr) & ~mask) || (val & mask);
> > +	v = (in_le32(ioaddr) & ~mask) | (val & mask);
> >  
> >  	out_le32(ioaddr, v);
> >  	return PCIBIOS_SUCCESSFUL;


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